Sour Diesel 2 weeks in to flower just over 4 feet

well like it says,, am growing some sour D ,,,,is my first complete indoor,,,had my garden outside for years,,, but need for privacy brought me in,,I grew these plants to 20-24 inches in red solo cups before transplanting ,,into 1 gallon milk jugs,,, as temps ,,now in a 2 1/2 gallon pot or bucket ,,,,,I also had to make my own tent and a secret room with a hidden door so it hides in the open,,,,,had some concerns as I put these in flower 2 weeks ago,,all seem to be female ,,have tied a few down to achieve a even canopy ,,,,am running around 800 watts of Flores cents Full spectrum day light bulbs ,,for veg i used around a 7-5-5 NPK,,,, for flower will use a 3-10-10 NPK,,,,,I also feed milk once veg and again in flower,,and some molasses,,to increase the sugars and tricome production,,I use 2 ,,1 gallon CO2 jugs,,, and spray my gals with a bit of seltzer water,,, I also bout once a month give a bit of hydrated lime all hand mixed dirt my own blend,,,,I also Fimmed 2 weeks ago when I started 12-12 also did some lollipopping bout half way up just to remove the branches that would not be big producers ,,,,does all look well to everyone,,any suggestions

Your plants look reasonable healthy but I am not a fan of growing plants that large in solo cups before transplant. I am not a fan of spraying plants in flower with anything even early in flower. I am not a fan of using milk. I hope with what you are adding to your planter and all the spraying you also have < 65F night time temps to mitigate root rot. I am by far not an expert with doing the things I listed as being opposed to, however, I have had sudden plant death from root rot simply by not running a low enough night time temp. Again I do think they are reasonably healthy although something about lower drooping leaves is bothering me. If the plant suddenly deteriorates like root rot then be sure to be ready for that. Of course I am likely 100% wrong here these are all things I don't do and therefore lack knowledge of.

Milk and mj, mmmm

Looks good.

Milk is interesting,,,read up on milk it has been used for thousands of years to help improve soil loaded with calcium and vitamins and iron ,,there is a world farming study,,, that showed much info on it it is a natural fungicide ,,and has some other property's that were surprising ,,plants take in water buy roots stem or foliage ,,,,and the CO2 from selzter water can be absorbed threw the leaves and stalk,,is old gardening trick once buds form spraying can continue,,, just not on the buds them selves,,with to much RH you can cause bud rot,,,,as for root rot have never had a case,,,I mix sand,,, yard compost,,compost manure cow poo,,,,,pete moss and Pennington pro potting soil,,,,,with the right soil and draining you will never have root rot ,,nursery's and garden centers water the crap out of there stuff daily ,,drainage is the key,,wrong soil or lack of drainage can suffocate roots ,,,

the solo cups just help to save space they could go into something bigger but then would limit my space ,,in my tent,,as long as you water them regular they will thrive in the cup and develop strong and plenty of them roots ,,when you trans plant they will explode with growth,,I use the red cups to usher some extra roots

also am growing Sour Diesel which is 70/30 mix 70% sativa or close and 30% of others so it trys to go vertical on me lol,,,,,,,also will add spraying plants helps them grow and uptake water ,,you can even mix a weak nutrient as a foliage spray,,,between feeding,,,, as the leaves can take in nutrients as well as the stalks,,

MeJuana said:

Your plants look reasonable healthy but I am not a fan of growing plants that large in solo cups before transplant. I am not a fan of spraying plants in flower with anything even early in flower. I am not a fan of using milk. I hope with what you are adding to your planter and all the spraying you also have < 65F night time temps to mitigate root rot. I am by far not an expert with doing the things I listed as being opposed to, however, I have had sudden plant death from root rot simply by not running a low enough night time temp. Again I do think they are reasonably healthy although something about lower drooping leaves is bothering me. If the plant suddenly deteriorates like root rot then be sure to be ready for that. Of course I am likely 100% wrong here these are all things I don't do and therefore lack knowledge of.

Milk and mj, mmmm

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http://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/milk-and-molasses-magic-zbcz1402.aspx

there's two sites you can check out for the milk and molasses ,,the last link is for feeding seltzer water,,good info

http://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/milk-and-molasses-magic-zbcz1402.aspx

http://www.minnesotafarmguide.com/news/regional/milk-works-as-fertilizer-says-preliminary-study/article_028652ea-849c-11e0-9dcc-001cc4c03286.html

http://spot.colorado.edu/~basey/ldanzell.html

drew yeah I read up on milk and carbonated water when I first started out I tried a lot of stuff like that I tried milk in soil and as a foliage spray back in the day. Personally I want to grow 30 plants cycling them in perpetually 10 at a time in organic soil and water them by timer having to do no extra manual labor. (Although currently I am down to 14 remaining in flower getting ready to shut down for summer) I didn't mean to knock either of these methods it is my intention to mention fungi, mold and rot concerns but not discourage. In reality I think you got this and you will be fine especially since it does sound like you know your shit. I will follow along to see how they do.

day 20 of flower

The look terrific

20 inches in a solo cup! Wow at like 10-13 inches I think I've gone too long. But whatever works for you! And this whole thing, I'm gonna look into.
What percentage milk do you use

With milk use a 50/50 mix with water or 25/75 if they are young,,have never had any ill effects from milk,,the molasses works best during or you can see it working more in flower as it will make lots and lots of tricombes,,,,,But molasses improves the soil quality or the bacteria and microbes living there ,,they like sugars,,,, Always remember,,,,
Light is basically food for your plants. Turning light into energy via photosynthesis is how your plants get all their energy to grow and produce buds.As a general rule of thumb...
More Intense Light = Larger Plants & Fatter Buds = Bigger Yields
I am 28 days in just went threw and took some bigger leafs out,,to get them lower buds better light,,every body is happy and healthy still fingers crossed ,,this is my first complete indoor so am always like a nervous hen looking for anything wrong ,,I can say with the indoor grow it has allowed me to be much more personal with each plant and it's needs

CallinCarRamRod said:

20 inches in a solo cup! Wow at like 10-13 inches I think I've gone too long. But whatever works for you! And this whole thing, I'm gonna look into.
What percentage milk do you use

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I can grow one as big as you want in a solo cup,,you will have to water a bit more you can see the one in a solo cup and the one next to it has been transplanted,,into a 2 1/2 gallon pot so it can fill on out i keep them in the solo just for space I been helping a buddy i do all the veg so I have to be able to hold 50 or more

I am at 1 month 5 days into the 12-12 they are doing good had to tie a few growers down a bit and super crop a few to keep a even canopy but cooking right along ,,,,,,I will try to get some close ups,,, as they get bigger they are covered with white snow //tricomes from the molasses

Beautiful garden well done on envrioment planing. Loving it. Making me wanna play around with some clones in my blue beer cups he he. just for fun to see what can get from them.

Whats this molasses trick I always read? Can it be done in coco or no.

molasses is loaded with sugars and carbs,,it helps to improve the soil,,the microbes and bacteria go crazy with some added sugars and the plant uses more sugars while flowering,,,sugars will make your tricome production increase covering your buds and leaves with many tricomes will look white like snow on the buds ,,there is a youtube link will show you the results,,,,remember less is more,,I use 1 teaspoon per gallon of water or a tablespoon for a 2 gallon water jug,,take something like a measure cup ,,,and put hot water in it pour your spoon full and mix it in the hot water,,stir good,,then add it to your gallon jug and give it a good shake,,I do not do it more then 2 times in a week,,some guys mix it with there water when they do a flush,,,I feed milk as well,,just a few times during the grow,,added a link for milk and one for molasses,,check em out,,always go buy the less is more ,,you can always increase what you give you give to much of anything is never good

use un sulfured molasses

drewby said:

use un sulfured molasses

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Holy shit. Literally off to supermarket to buy molasses.